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Saturday, February 25, 2012

shifting weather patterns

the weather her in the wilds of montana can't seem to make up its mind. we still haven't had a "real" winter (though there are those who are sighing in relief). lately, it'll seem like spring is poking her head around the corner. then old man winter wakes up and shakes a flurry of snowflakes from his robes and reminds us that it's still his turn to wander the countryside...

in reflection of this, i have added some more clouds to the skies around the rusty sun. they are batik scraps from the same old class project. added some kantha stitching to fill in where the scissors took out. whispers of thread chants and romping beasts fill my ears this evening. this cloth is far from fully realized in its manifestation...

this afternoon saw a new flurry of snow. perhaps old man winter hasn't given up the ghost yet either...

8 comments:

The weather is confused here in Eastern Washington too. One day tshirts and today back to sweaters. The clouds, the indigo, the sun all are playing well together on your cloth. Hopefully, Mom Nature will take a clue from you. Wishing you a relaxing weekend.

Ha Joe, love your rusty sun a bit more now. Always fun to see things develope and grow! These clouds look like "megamendung" clouds!(wish you luck with the half finished sweaters when/if you find them ;-) !)

The weather here has been unusually dry. We are experiencing a solar minimum even though we are in a "solar maximum"...which means that we haven't had a lot of sun spot activity (like zero lately). The sun controls the weather and thus this is why ancients "worshiped" the sun. This could mean that we are headed into a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum. When the earth is cooler there is less evaporation off the oceans, thus less precipitation...which could translate into droughts, and more fires.

a stitch about me

i am a mixed media artist, currently working predominantly in salvaged and hand-dyed fabrics to create both art and utilitarian cloth objects. i believe that like in life, there is beauty in constant evolution. though, sometimes, one must look sideways to perceive the true beauty of a thing. to let go. breathe. then simply allow it to be beautiful all on its own.

i currently live and work on the outskirts of billings, montana. when not busily working in my studio or avidly blogging, i can be found exploring backroads on my vintage motorcycle or out along the yellowstone river playing blues guitar in the back of my 1960 international harvester b110 while leaning against the furry back of my saint bernard, bodhi.